n. a. preobrazhenskii (on his 70th birthday)

C H R O N I C L E S

N. A . P R E O B R A Z H E N S K I I (ON H I S 7 0 T H B I R T H D A Y )

The Edi tor ia l Board of " P h a r m a c e u t i c a l Chemis t ry Journal" hear t i ly congra tu la tes the eminent Soviet organic c h e m i s t P r o f e s s o r Nikolai Alekseevich Preobrazhensk i i , Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Head of the

Depa r tmen t of Chemis t ry and Technology of Fine Organic Compounds at the M. V. Lomonosov Moscow Insti tute of Fine Chemical Technology, Head of the Synthetic Division, All-Union Vi tamin R e s e a r c h Institute, Minis t ry of Health of the USSR, winner of the State award of Honored Scient is t and Technologis t of the RSFSR, on rece iv ing the highest State d e c o r a t i o n - t h e tit le of Hero of Socia l is t L a b o r - w i t h p r e s e n t a t i o n of the Orde r of Lenin and the " H a m m e r and Sickle" Gold Medal, for his outstanding s e rv i ce s in the field of the chemis t ry of natural and b io- logical ly act ive compounds and in t raining new engineers and sc ience t eachers , and a lso on the occas ion of his sevent ie th bir thday.

The Edi tor ia l Board wishes Nikolai Alekseevich good health, long life, and fu r the r c rea t ive ach ievements .

T rans l a t ed f rom K h i m i k o - F a r m a t s e v t i c h e s k i i Zhurnal, No. 1, p. 57, January, 1967.

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